Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-13
This Is Now the All Absorbing Oues.
{ ti0n Which Agitates France and
Germany Alike.
II the German Press Can be Taken
As q Criterion War is But the
Question Of Few DAYS.
French AggressiOns and Arrogance
AdmOnishing the German
Papers that is to be is
Now Inevitable.
The War Spirit in Germany.

/ German press were q faithful representa-
tien of the disposition Of q government, {
war with France would be question of S
few days. The revelations at the Kleir
trial, the French tax on foreigners which il
openly designed to affect Germans ane
prohibitive import on German spirits, have
combined to affect the incensing of thess
people to the utmost. A latter measure by
but associated with spy trials they have
heightened the general sense that French
enmity is implicable and that it seeks te
wound the Germans where it can, waiting q
chance to inflict deadliest injury. The tria
OF Klein isthe fifth treason trial in which
clear proof was afforded that the French
war ministry had organized a system o.
espionage. A worse case than any revealed
is under inquiry. An employe of the cen
trail administrator office at Strasburg il
about to be tried at Leipsic. He is charged
with
SELLING THE FRENCH WAR OFFICE
all OF the official reports sent to the Chiel
Administrator of Alsace by his various
subordinates. The completeness of this
system OF espionage suggests that treason
is still at work, and that any moment may
bring further revelations. The official irri.
tation equals that OF the public, and both
the officials and the general public would
approve the strongest diplomatic remon-
ment. As to the dangers OF the situation
as reflected by the press, the Kreuz Zeitung
explicitly declares that any further show
OF considerateness toward = France is i'm
possible; that q country whose whole
policy toward it's neighbors springs from
feelings of arrogance and hatred has no
right to expect further liberation.
THE BERI1NER sAGBsArr SAYS:
If in spite of all efforts to keep the peace,
the war dance of France and Germany
must open it's bloody maze, France will
either be overtaken by the fate of Poland
or thu German Empire will be cast down
from the height on which it has stood since
the storming of Duphel.
The NATIONAL zE1TUNG,
which is noted for the moderation of it's
articles, says. 1T is impossible to close
our eyes to the dangers of recurring hostile
Incidents. The seed OF hatred against Ger
many, sown for the last seventeen years, is
now in the most luxuriant bloom. This
press campaign. which has begun in earn
est. has an undoubted official inspiration.
It is believed to foreshadow early diplo-
matte action toward France. Klein will
be imprisoned in the fortress at Madge-
burg. It is reported that since sentence
was passed upon him be has offered to
make fresh revelations concerning his off,
cial accomplices' work. The wives of pre-
vious convicts, Koechlin and Biech, who
were sent to France, have appealed to the
Emperor for permission to
VISIT THEIR HUSBANDS
Their request will probably be granted.
The prison life of Roechlin and Bleck, un-
der the code of the regular ones is easy
when compared with Klein and Greber.
They have comfortably furnished rooms
which is partly fitted up with their own
furniture. They can supplement the prison
fare at their own cost, and can smoke and
read and exercise within the fortress. The
regimen to which Klein and Greber are
subjected is the severest prescribed by the
senate rules. Since the French parliament
committee has resolved to raise the duty
on alcohol the importation of German
spirits into France has ceased. No COM
plants have been heard from German
distillers.
has been grossly overestimated. Austrian
distillers have been aroused by the French
outcry and demand that their Government
raise the existing duty so far as to counter.
balance the enhanced value. The German
hond question is purely of commercial
interest. The matter is subject of COM
munication between Berlin and Vienna.
Having shut out alcohol the French folly
now Sc. ks to limit the use of German
waters. The French social element has
vanished from Ems and Wiesbaden.